From the December 16, 2011, American Navy "PCU Minnesota Officially Unveils New Logo" by Lt.Cmdr. Jennifer Cragg.
To start with, PCU Minnesota is the Pre-Commission Unit and the Minnesota in question is the new nuclear submarine (SSN-783).
This was quite an interesting article to come across in light of what I have been writing about.
More than 100 high school and college students submitted logos to the Pre-Commissioning Unit Minnesota (SSN-783).
Jakob Bartels' design won and received a $1,500 college scholarship and an all-expense-paid trip to the submarine's commissioning in Norfolk in late 2013.
His family members have served in the U.S. military. Including the great uncle of his great grandmother, Mary Werden Whiteside. Her middle name, Werden, looks very familiar in the last several posts. We are talking about U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Reed Werden, who, in another coincidence, once served on the steam frigate USS Minnesota and was at the first battle between ironclads, the USS Monitor and CSS Virginia.
I am not sure he was on the Minnesota at the Battle of Hampton Roads, however.
Very Interesting, Though. --Old B-Runner
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